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Capturing 360 video in the wild

This experience led them to work with

a South African animal sanctuary. Bob

describes the interactive production:

“You are on the fi eld in this safari

tent and there are windows you can

look through and have these different

experiences with the various ani-

mals.” A pivotal moment is when the

viewer comes face-to-face with a Cape

Buffalo, one of the most dangerous

animals in South Africa. “He comes

up and sniffs the camera like he’s

sniffi ng your face. You could never do

that in real life. When the rangers saw

this they were very impressed.”

Special challenges

Of course, shooting animals in the

wild always presents unanticipated

challenges. Alex Pilnick is one of the

company’s Virtual Reality Produc-

ers. He tells us that using the new-

est technology also presents unique

problems. “The hardware and the

software just aren’t mature yet. You

think you get a good capture and all

of the sudden the stitch line is in the

wrong place.” He says the key is to

truly understand “the limitations of

what the hardware and software are

and fi guring out how we work around

those limitations.”

The 360 video production company

Reality Garage primarily produces

immersive experiences for corpo-

rate clients. They create fi xed kiosks

that are delivered to museums, trade

shows and events.

Bob Ottinger is Reality Garage’s

Co-Founder and CEO. “We got into VR

fi lmmaking 4-5 years ago with some

very early GoPro camera rigs,” Ot-

tinger says.

In fact, they fi rst connected with

an animal conservation organization.

They wanted to capture a lion rescue

in action via standard video. However,

Bob thought bigger.

“I thought this would be great to

take an outdoor experience and bring

that to people in a virtual reality sort

of way.” The clients loved it and the

rest was history.

Boulder, Colorado-based Reality

Garage has carved out a unique

niche within the 360 video mar-

ket. Read on to learn how they

deliver their unique experiences.

By Jeff Chaves

360 video in the wild and beyond

The immersive quality of 360 video means that viewers can experience sights that

would be dangerous or impossible to engage in otherwise.

TH E KEY IS TO UNDER-

STAND THE LIMITA-

TIONS OF THE HARD-

WARE AND SOFTWARE.

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